It is understandable that when people think of drones in Africa, their mind immediately goes to the unmanned aerial vehicles used by the U.S. to track down and kill Islamic militants in Somalia, or those flown by fighters in Libya. With the U.N., there are drones on the continent that keep the peace, rather than make war. Such experience is now also being applied in the U.S. The U.N. is using what they call Unmanned Aircraft Systems or UAS to support military peacekeeping operations and security services in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and the Central African Republic of Congo. A peacekeeping spokesperson told Fox News drones "significantly contribute to force protection", offering aerial security for camps, escorting convoys, identifying, tracking and monitoring armed groups, and providing search capabilities in support of rescue operations. The U.N. claims drones are an essential and integral part of mission operations: "In hazardous scenarios, a few minutes can differentiate between life and death, so every second counts. UAVs allow us to quickly assess the security of landing zones immediately after our convoys are attacked by Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), for example. With this real-time visibility, we know whether it is safe or not to proceed with casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) helicopter operations in that location." In many African countries, at the best of times, rough dirt roads can make it difficult to get to blood samples before they expire, or to get emergency medical supplies to patients in time. In Southern African countries this year, flooding caused by Cyclone Idai cut off large areas. In Malawi, one of the affected countries, “drones can really save lives”, UNICEF’s Drone Co-ordinator Tautvydas Juskauskas told Fox News. Drones are being used here to rush blood samples from newborn babies, testing for HIV, to laboratories – and the results are flown back fast. Speed of diagnosis is very important for newborns’ survival, says Juskauskas. (UNICEF Malawi/2019/Juskauskas) CONCERNS OVER ROBERT MUGABE'S HEALTH GROW The organization administers a mostly humanitarian, 3,000-square-mile, air corridor 75 miles north of the capital, Lilongwe, with 13 different entities using drones for a wide range of uses – from medical deliveries to aerial and even wildlife mapping. Drones have also been used to survey stagnant water in order to identify malarial mosquito breeding sites. Drones are being used here to rush blood samples from newborn babies, testing for HIV, to laboratories – and the results are flown back fast. A speedy diagnosis is very important for newborns’ survival, Juskauskas said. In Northern Malawi, access to blood tests was limited for residents of a remote island in Lake Malawi because there was only a ferry to the lakeshore once a week. But a drone service funded by USAID now gets a diagnosis within hours. Virginia Tech has been so successful in implementing drone internships for five Malawians that they’ve b
Drones increasingly used in Africa to save people's lives, deliver blood samples to labs
It is understandable that when people think of drones in Africa, their mind immediately goes to the unmanned aerial vehicles used by the U.S. to track down and kill Islamic militants in Somalia, or those flown by fighters in Libya. With the U.N., there are drones on the continent that keep the peace, rather than make war. Such experience is now also being applied in the U.S. The U.N. is using what they call Unmanned Aircraft Systems or UAS to support military peacekeeping operations and security services in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali and the Central African Republic of Congo. A peacekeeping spokesperson told Fox News drones "significantly contribute to force protection", offering aerial security for camps, escorting convoys, identifying, tracking and monitoring armed groups, and providing search capabilities in support of rescue operations. The U.N. claims drones are an essential and integral part of mission operations: "In hazardous scenarios, a few minutes can differentiate between life and death, so every second counts. UAVs allow us to quickly assess the security of landing zones immediately after our convoys are attacked by Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), for example. With this real-time visibility, we know whether it is safe or not to proceed with casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) helicopter operations in that location." In many African countries, at the best of times, rough dirt roads can make it difficult to get to blood samples before they expire, or to get emergency medical supplies to patients in time. In Southern African countries this year, flooding caused by Cyclone Idai cut off large areas. In Malawi, one of the affected countries, “drones can really save lives”, UNICEF’s Drone Co-ordinator Tautvydas Juskauskas told Fox News. Drones are being used here to rush blood samples from newborn babies, testing for HIV, to laboratories – and the results are flown back fast. Speed of diagnosis is very important for newborns’ survival, says Juskauskas. (UNICEF Malawi/2019/Juskauskas) CONCERNS OVER ROBERT MUGABE'S HEALTH GROW The organization administers a mostly humanitarian, 3,000-square-mile, air corridor 75 miles north of the capital, Lilongwe, with 13 different entities using drones for a wide range of uses – from medical deliveries to aerial and even wildlife mapping. Drones have also been used to survey stagnant water in order to identify malarial mosquito breeding sites. Drones are being used here to rush blood samples from newborn babies, testing for HIV, to laboratories – and the results are flown back fast. A speedy diagnosis is very important for newborns’ survival, Juskauskas said. In Northern Malawi, access to blood tests was limited for residents of a remote island in Lake Malawi because there was only a ferry to the lakeshore once a week. But a drone service funded by USAID now gets a diagnosis within hours. Virginia Tech has been so successful in implementing drone internships for five Malawians that they’ve b
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